Fire in the sky

The South coast has been my home for over two years now and I never get tired of this ever changing skyline.

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside...

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Places and Spaces

The past month has been a busy one. An eclectic mix of a trip to Foxton Locks, 3 weddings, a drive around the New Forest, Date night in Portsmouth, a charity raffle and a visit from my parents and their gorgeous little pooch Boo.

The next few weeks will be spent making things for upcoming craft fairs and getting involved with the Southsea Sisters independent women's group. Exciting things are a comin'!

What have you got to look forward to over the next few weeks?

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After dinner walk

                

 

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Annual Leave Love

It took 3 alarms this morning for me to wake from my coma like state... I then realised that after 9 lovely days off, I had to go back to work today.

So what did I get up to during that much needed time off I hear you cry...

Strong Island Primary Exhibition

I'd entered a few photographs so was really pleased to see them displayed!

Victorious Vintage at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

Sailor fun with Jules 

'Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag...'

Jubilee fun back home in Leicestershire

Meeting Boo the cutest puppy in the world - Totally in love with her

Walks along the seafront and an Ikea trip

Finally some frames for these lovely posters

Annual leave. Done.

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Hello Sunshine... It's been a while

As I mentioned in my previous post, the weather here in little old England has been crap with a capital C.

Rain, rain, wind, more wind, cold and more rain.

When lunch time came around yesterday, everything suddenly changed and the sun popped out to say hello. It stayed all afternoon and evening, so after work I drove home via the seafront and stopped to take in a quick dose of Vitamin D.



Southsea Parade and Pier

Unfortunately the weather has gone back to grey skies today... but hey, at least it isn't raining! (touch wood)

In other news, I'm going to attempt the Instagram photo a day challenge. Chantelle from Fat Mum Slim started this monthly challenge earlier in the year, I tried a few times but I kept forgetting...

You can read more about the challenge here . I'm starting from today (2nd May) as I accidentally forgot to take one yesterday for Peace. Good start hey?! You'll find me at @lucygooseyb

If you have Instagram, let me know if you're taking part too... I love looking at everyone's entries and their interpretations ... x



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Snippets of life through Instagram

I can't believe it's April already. Where did March go?!

The weather here has been beautiful for the last week or so. Highs of 23 degrees in March are usually laughed at but not this year. Southsea common became a haze of BBQ smoke, the beach was busy and people were out in force just lapping up the unseasonal amazing weather.

My toes had a fresh coat of polish for their first 2012 outing! 

Some friends of ours had a BBQ up at their lovely cottage in the countryside. Us girls cooed over 8 week old baby Monty and chatted away in the sunshine, whilst the boys played Rugby and other games including Archery. (Which may I add I had a go at and beat them all. HA!) Captain the dog was looking a bit left out so I played fetch with him for a while and sneakily fed him a few scraps from lunch. I'm a sucker for those puppy dog eyes...

Captain

On Wednesday, Haz and I went for a midweek bite to eat. After stuffing ourselves at one of our favourite bar/restaurants, we decided a nice long walk home along the seafront was in order. A walk and a quick unscheduled stop at the arcades! The 2p and 10p machines entertained us for quite a while. We're both big kids really, such a funny end to the day.

I hope the weather was as nice where you were. What did you get up to?
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